Guess where Aberdeen / Furry boots Aberdeen

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Guess where about in Aberdeen the subject of the photo is.







The game is incredibly simple. Which is just as well.

To play, there are two options.

1] Guessing:
There are a number of threads in the group discussions which contain a photograph whose location you need to guess and/or identify. Just add your thoughts to the end of the discussion. It really is that simple.

Caveat: (That's "Warning" for anyone without Latin) Although you can click on the photo and go straight to the image in the stream, if you guess in a picture's comments or by putting a note on saying "It's on Union Street!!!!", it won't count. It has to be in the discussion thread. This means you may guess on the comments, someone else may notice it and go "D'oh! Of course!" and run back to the group and post it in the thread and get your point. And you don't want that to happen, do you?

- Now to the other option:
2] Posting:
It is going to be a little bitty trickier to state this, but in absolute, easy-peasy, simple, no nonsense language, all you have to do is start a new thread from the group page with your photo, give it a suitably cryptic title and sit back and await bemusement and the inevitable guess that it's in the middle of Torry, beside the cake shop.

Although you can send the photo you want us to guess to the pool, like any other group, you must start a new discussion thread and put your picture at the top. If you do not know how to post a picture in a thread, here's a quick how-to...
1) Go to the picture in your Flickr photostream.
2) Click the "all sizes" button above the photo (Magnifying glass with a plus).
3) Chose either the small or (preferably) medium size. Near the bottom of this page are two boxes of code you can copy. It is best to use the code from the larger box, but the smaller one will do if you know what you are doing. Just copy the code in the normal way for your computer (not everyone uses Windows, so can't say how on other systems, but with Windows, highlight then Control+C).
4) Come back to the group and start your discussion. At the top of the "Your Post" box, paste the code you have just copied (Windows: Control+V).
5) Be smart, sarcastic, critical, challenging, whatever, and leave a small message such as "None of you minions will ever get this one! Muoahahahahahaha!!!!!"

That's it!

BUT
Some tips for the image you post.

1) Post it on its own in your photo stream. It's a dead give-away if the picture on either side is the building nextdoor.
2) Don't put a note or tag on the picture to say "No 17, Union Street, Aberdeen by Me, 20 August 2006".
3) Image title. Would we really have trouble guessing a photo called "Seaton Park Fountain Close-Up"? Well, some of us maybe...
4) Flickr map. Do not map it, unless it has been guessed / revealed.

Most of all, Have Fun! and remember to check how the guesses are going, as you're the only one who can confirm guesses or tell us the real location if no one manages.

If you do well, you too could appear on the Scores.

Just don't forget to include your FurryPitz arm-pit shots.